Taiwan’s dramatic increase in tension with China – Mehr News Agency | News of Iran and the World

As US military exercises intensified near Taiwan Island, the autonomous island’s cabinet plans to raise the island’s defense budget to $ 1.5 billion, equivalent to $ 1.5 billion, equivalent to $ 1.5 billion; This is the first time since year 2 that the budget will exceed three percent.

The move has been carried out as China’s military and political pressure on the island over the past five years to re -unite Taiwan and join the native land. Beijing considers Taiwan Island part of its territory and has never rejected the use of military forces to join it.

Taiwan, which rejects China’s ownership, also faces Washington to increase the cost of defense; The pressure US has also put on its allies in Europe. Taiwan’s Island chief Lai Qingte said this month it plans to raise the island’s defense budget to more than three percent of GDP.

Chinese Air Force fighters fly almost daily near Taiwan’s airspace and periodically hold military exercises near the island’s waters, the most recent of which is in April this year.

China, on the other hand, reported a 3.5 percent increase in defense budget this year, bringing it to $ 1.5 billion, which exceeded Beijing’s five percent economic growth in year 2.